Jim Cowan

I'm happy that they didn't trade Joe, I feel like finally 6 years later he is the weapon that we always wanted him to be, and has more value than the junk that we would have received for him.

Joe Jimenez does it again.

That's something that gets overlooked when people are talking about how good the Tigers' bullpen is...they don't get to pitch against the Tigers.

It's a good system.

Yes my expectations were low, but not quite that low.

LHP Michael Fulmer

Correct answer.

Ha ha that would be like Henry Hill being inside with Paulie and a few of the other guys, cooking the veal and slicing the garlic. When Henry brought in some fresh bread, Paulie said "tomorrow we can have sangwiches".

Or...Grossman will still be there after the deadline, and will rack up another 150 PA's.

I didn't see Hill as the next guy overboard.

I doubt that he eats pizza very often.

I don't know what this means.

If the cash flow is positive, which it undoubtedly is, from selling a lousy product, then he is not an incompetent business owner. He just isn't a baseball fan.

Hmm. He is too cheap to eat the year, that's true, but the new GM will want his own manager. OK I will take the bet.

I think Chris will eat the last year.

100%. Avila is so clueless that he gave Hinch a 5 year contract when no one else would have offered him anything at all. And Hinch seems to have a knack for bringing out the worst in his players and making really stupid tactical decisions.

"Patriot Act" is your finest, it cannot be surpassed.

Well, you have to admit, that's pretty smart. So therefore he didn't think of it. All he had to do is agree to treat Ivana's corpse like a plastic bag full of dog shit, which he willingly did.

Get comfortable with Hinch, he'll be here for 2 more years. I don't think it matters all that much but he is certainly no world-beater, he does not seem to have a knack for bringing out the best in people.

I wondered the same thing.

I always loved those videos from West Michigan, taken from behind the plate, when his fastball just boomed into the catcher's mitt with a really loud sound. I think that all these years later he is finally delivering on that potential in the major leagues.

Hey come on now, you and I are supposed to be at least mildly sympathetic to them.

Don't go changin'.

Baddoo draws a walk from a lefty. He needs to play every day.

That power for Paredes has disappeared as suddenly and mysteriously as it appeared and if you check his game logs for July you will find that the Rays have him playing the worst ball of his career right now. He is also spending significant playing time at first base, which suggests that the Rays aren't sure where he fits defensively, which sounds familiar. As of now, with almost equal playing time in each organization, his BA and OBP are virtually identical for both teams. His SLG is quite a lot higher with the Rays of course, primarily because of that 4 game stretch where he went 10 for 15 with 5 home runs. That was the week in which the Rays had "unlocked" him and "fleeced the Tigers" and so on, but in reality other than that week he's pretty much the same as he ever was. He's a guy with some talent, with an uncertain defensive profile, who doesn't get on base often enough. That is disappointing because I was hoping that he would hit 25 home runs and earn a nice payday, but that isn't going to happen.